interspire vs livecart vs cubecart ?

[MadCool]

I am debating between interspire, livecart, and cubecart,

I have been hearing stories about bad support for all of these companies.. I love the features, templates, and what looks like ease of use from the demo of these versions... so which one should i go for? Based on features I can go with either one.. but the horror stories that i have heard about the upgrade options for interspire and the insanely lack of support for the other carts are scary..

So which shopping cart should i go for? Any other shopping cart that is similar to these beside Magento? I hear so many bad reviews too about Magento.. man it's hard finding a good shopping cart..

[AlexDawson]

If you wan't some ideas for carts becides those mentioned

CS Cart – http://www.cs-cart.com/
osCommerce – http://www.oscommerce.com/
X-Cart – http://www.x-cart.com/
ZenCart – http://www.zen-cart.com/
ZeusCart – http://www.zeuscart.com/

Some of them are open source / free as well, I know that osCommerce and Zen Cart have a very good reputation

[X-Cart]

I am debating between interspire, livecart, and cubecart,

I have been hearing stories about bad support for all of these companies.. I love the features, templates, and what looks like ease of use from the demo of these versions... so which one should i go for? Based on features I can go with either one.. but the horror stories that i have heard about the upgrade options for interspire and the insanely lack of support for the other carts are scary..

So which shopping cart should i go for? Any other shopping cart that is similar to these beside Magento? I hear so many bad reviews too about Magento.. man it's hard finding a good shopping cart..

You can hear scary stories about any packages/companies, really :-)

Well, how our customers make the final choice - it is useful to create a list of features really important for you and then compare the chosen solutions based on the list. That usually helps to choose the best one that suits your needs. If you have time, you could install their trial versions and play with them for some time - thus you will find the easiest in terms of management for you. Also most companies offer moneyback period, so you can always return the product if required (time question once again).

[EastCoast]

Prestashop and tradingeye are both worth a look. Shopify is good for simpler shops (its a hosted service rather than standalone software)

[CS-Cart]

I think that any company has some negative feedback, that is simply inevitable for popular solutions. Often this comes out of a poor communication or lack of understanding. I'd advice that you prepare some questions and contact a sales team of each shopping cart you like prior to making a decision. Do not hesitate to ask them about things you've found as well, I'm sure that any decent company shouldn't decline to make an explanation.

[CoreCommerce]

What are you looking for? Are you looking for a hosted solution or out of the box solution? Both have their pro's and con's.

[sandyboutique]

Hi, I have tried many, many shopping carts before and must say one:

I love CS-Cart, I moved to X-Cart 2 moths ago but have recently decided to go back to CS-Cart after much reviewing of another scripts.
Interspire SC was my second choice, and there are still a couple of features that I would love to see in CS Cart.

1. (and I know this is a big mod) proper order management and partial shipping of orders/individual item shipping. This would then allow for proper back orders, part payment of orders, etc etc.

2. The order process in the admin is excellent. Select customer or new customer or anon customer first, then on same page add products using ajax seach on SKU or description. Very clean process, very fast (important when you have a customer on the phone).

3. Tracking numbers for all orders (haven't found this yet in CS).

4. Allow customer to buy product? Checkbox. When unticked, an option becomes available to display price or message to customer (useful as sometimes there are products available offline only but still want them in the store).

If you want to make a business then must have a little bit of money for begin. My experience with the all free open source carts is not the best. Sure they cost nothing, but if you need a help.... Yes your help desk is the Google only. I have a few online business sites and my last (and must say the best) choice was CS Cart. It cost realy "nothing" and you get all features, the best support (the Interspire is a nightmare) and 1 year free upgrades, all what a online store need. I don't buy my CS Cart licenses direct by the company, but from a reseller page webdesign-creative.com, they sell it for $217, the price on the CS Cart site is $265, and they have often a special price (it is a coupon code) and you get yet $20 off the price. But I don't know if it's actualy, must looking on the site or on Google for cs cart coupon code.
Yes guys, the TIME is money and if you want a free cart, then must spend 100+++ hours with setup, design, bugs, and, and, and....

I am very satisfied with my CS Cart and trust me, if you want to make a serious business and want many of customers and visitors, then you need a serious tools to do it.

[nelsonkist]

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